the u.s. not only has to make a deal, but a good deal, or another debt downgrade is possible and moody's seems to doubt whether our elected leaders can actually do it. chime in on facebook, please, should the president be meeting with union leaders, the first meeting he holds, the far left, really? weigh in, please, facebook, 24/7. we want to show you microsoft stock pre-market and two big stories are affecting the stock this morning and right now trading way down ahead of the opening bell. why is that? because the executive who was expected to be next in line to lead the company after steve ballmer has left suddenly. and steve sinonsky, windows 8 unveiled next week, is his quitting a signal it's not successful? and video game halo 4, 220 million, one game, one day, not enough to make up for sinofsky's leaving. we'll follow this throughout the program. and remember, i do own some microsoft stock. coming up next, the opening bell this tuesday morning, we're going to be down. having y ship my gi